Pluralistic: The REAL AI automation threat to workers (11 Jan 2024)

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The real AI automation threat to workers: The robot can't replace you, but it CAN replace your shitty boss.
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Pluralistic: Housing is a labor issue (13 Dec 2023)

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Housing is a labor issue: The eternal labor September bodes well for the American housing crisis.
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Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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Pluralistic: Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter" (21 November 2023)

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Naomi Kritzer's "Liberty's Daughter": The market authoritarianism of a seastead childhood.
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Pluralistic: Pinkdrunk Linkdump (18 Nov 2023)

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Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy.
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Pluralistic: The conservative movement is cracking up (14 Nov 2023)

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The conservative movement is cracking up: It's not just Trumpism – antitrust is an emerging fracture line.
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Pluralistic: A link-clump demands a linkdump (05 Nov 2023)

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A link-clump demands a linkdump: Fit the ninth.
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Pluralistic: A taxonomy of corporate bullshit (27 Oct 2023)

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A taxonomy of corporate bullshit: The six lies they've always told.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss (20 Oct 2023)

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Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss: Amazon immediately spotted an undercover reporter but missed that the bestselling 'Release Energy' was its drivers' urine.
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Pluralistic: Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke; The Lost Cause prologue, Part V (11 Oct 2023)

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Stellantis wants to make scabbing woke: The real DEI was the collective bargaining unit we formed along the way.
The Lost Cause prologue, Part V: Fuck around, find out.
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